First Four-Minute Mile Breaker Getting His Props

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash - FlashNews)  Michael Jordan and
Babe Ruth broke numerous records during the 20th Century,
but what may be the greatest sports accomplishment of the last
100 years is Roger Bannisters breaking of the four-
minute mile.

Thats the opinion of award-winning sports journalist
Frank Deford, who ranks Bannisters achievement as the most
significant athletic feat of the century.

Deford felt so strongly about Bannisters accomplishment
he wrote an article about it that appeared in a 1999 Sports
Illustrated issue. Now hes expanded on that piece and
turned it into a movie called Four Minutes for which he
wrote the screenplay.

The ESPN2 original movie follows Bannisters 1954 attempt
in England to set a new record for running the mile.

Deford says he tried to stay true to the real story as much as
possible, but admits he had to embellish a few things
including the characters that surrounded Bannister at the time.

All in all, Deford thinks he did a good job and figures
Bannister would like the movie.